Li Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Well, mother, let's do this first. We'll only tell a few families about this. If business is good, we can tell everyone later."
Li Yan was thinking about whether this business was good or not. She would know once it opened. She was not in a hurry to help everyone make money.
Lin nodded and said, "Let's do this for now!"
Seeing her mother's agreement, Li Yan quickly ate a few mouthfuls of food, then stood up and said to the two of them, "Take your time to eat. I'm going to Second Grandma's house to talk to them about this!"
Mrs. Lin looked at her daughter who immediately ran away and shook her head helplessly: "Why are you in such a hurry, kid? At least finish your meal before leaving!"
Li Xiaomei consoled her, "Sister-in-law, just let her be. The child won't feel at ease until this matter is settled!"
When Li Yan arrived at her second grandmother's house, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were turning over several rows of vegetable plots in the yard.
Second Mistress saw Li Yan and asked with a smile: "Second girl is here, but what's the matter?"
Li Yan didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "Second Madam, I have a suggestion to make money. Are you willing to do it?"
The second grandma stopped what she was doing and listened to Li Yan's follow-up with great anticipation.
"Second Madam, if you hatch more chickens from now on, they won't take long to raise. You can sell them to me in two or three months. I'll buy them for seven cents each!"
Second Grandma was very excited when she heard this. There were old and young people in their family, and apart from the little profit from the fields, there was no other way to make a living.
Second Grandma originally planned to raise some chickens at home after the spring. When they grew up, she could earn some money by selling eggs or taking the chickens to the market to supplement the family income.
However, it will take at least five or six months for the chicks to grow up and lay eggs. Now the second girl said that it would only take two or three months to sell the chickens to her. How could she not be tempted by such a proposal?
Second Mistress nodded happily: "Thank you for your consideration! Second Mistress did this job!"
In addition to the second grandmother's family, Li Yan found four other families in the village to help raise chickens. These families were also some of the families in the village with relatively difficult lives, among which Li Wenqing's family was particularly difficult.
Li Wenqing has had a leg disability since childhood and has difficulty walking. He cannot do heavy work, and his wife is also eye-impaired and needs his care. Fortunately, their two children are in good health. The eldest son Dachun, who is a little older this year, can help Li Wenqing share a lot of the work!
When Li Yan found their home, Li Wenqing was sitting in the yard weaving bamboo baskets. He couldn't do hard work, so he could only rely on his skill in weaving bamboo baskets and rattan chairs to earn some money to make ends meet.
Although this farmyard looks shabby, it is kept in good order, with firewood neatly stacked in a corner of the earthen wall.
Li Wenqing saw Li Yan and quickly put down his work. He smiled and said, "Second girl is here? Dachun, go get your sister a stool!"
The child named Dachun immediately ran into the main room and handed a small bamboo stool to Li Yan: "Sister Erya, sit down!"
Dachun is only one year younger than himself, but he looks thin and small, and his stature is like a child of only seven or eight years old.
Li Yan took the bamboo stool from Dachun, smiled and thanked him, and without any hesitation, she said directly, "Uncle, I have a job for you. Are you willing to do it?"
When Li Wenqing heard this, he was delighted. The Li family was very kind. At the end of last year, they led the villagers to make charcoal to make money. Although he had poor legs and feet, they arranged a job for him to pick charcoal.
However, at the beginning of this spring, the Li family was recruiting people for jobs that required manual labor. With his limited mobility, what could he do to help?
Thinking of this, Li Wenqing asked with a mixture of trepidation and anticipation, "Second girl, what do you want me to do? As long as I can do it, just ask!"
Li Yan repeated to Li Wenqing what she had just said to Second Grandma.
Dachun, who was standing by, heard about this great news and immediately said, "Dad, just agree to Erya's request. I can go to the mountains to cut grass every day and take care of these chickens!"
Dachun was thinking that it would only take two or three months to raise those chicks and they would be ready for slaughter. At seven cents per chick, if he raised fifty, he would earn three cents of silver. His father would have to weave so many bamboo baskets to earn that much!
At this time, Li Wenqing's wife Cao came out with the help of a bamboo stick. She also heard Li Yan's words in the room. She blamed herself for being useless and a burden to her husband and children.
As the children in the family grew up day by day, more money needed to be spent. The little money earned by her husband from getting up early and working late every day to weave these bamboo baskets and bamboo stools was not enough.
"Father, just try it!" Cao said to her husband.
Li Wenqing certainly knew that this was a good opportunity, but he had sold all the eggs in his home at the market yesterday, so he didn't know whether the Li family was in a hurry to get the chicken.
Li Wenqing said with reluctance, "Second girl, I'm very willing to do this job! But I just went to the market yesterday to sell our eggs. I'm afraid I'll have to wait until I have enough eggs to hatch the chicks. Don't delay your work then!"
Although Li Wenqing wanted to agree to this matter, the honest man still expressed his concerns.
This man was honest. If someone else had said this, they would have agreed to the deal even if they didn't have any eggs at home, and would have been willing to borrow eggs later. But this man thought first about not delaying others.
Li Yan thought it was something serious and said with a smile, "Uncle, don't worry about it. I have a lot of eggs at home. You can take them home to hatch chicks. If you are willing to return the eggs later, that's fine. If you find it troublesome, I can buy the chickens you raised for six cents!"
With Li Yan's words, Li Wenqing had no choice but to respond. Time waits for no one. The sooner the chickens are raised, the sooner he can earn money. He then said to Li Yan, "That's great. Please lend me 60 eggs first. I'll return them to you after the hens lay eggs in a few days!"
After discussing with Li Wenqing, Li Yan took the two children home and gave them 60 eggs.
Mrs. Lin looked at the two skinny children, and their backs as they walked away carrying the eggs in their hands like treasures, and finally approved of her daughter's actions.
Do not let small kindnesses go unrewarded.
At night, Lin told this to her husband who was lying beside her. Compared with Lin's conservatism, Li Erlang was optimistic about his daughter's idea.
Even if business is not good, buying the chickens raised by those families will not have much impact on my family.
Nothing happened that night. The next day, Li Erlang went to the city early to supervise the construction. Since the construction of the market began, he has been busy every day. There is no other way because County Magistrate Zheng has no trustworthy people around him.
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